Multiple sclerosis researchers find the effects of age on remyelination are reversible
(Medical Xpress)—Like conducting an errant orchestra to play together, researchers are guiding processes that go awry in multiple sclerosis to repair themselves. The conductor walks to the stand and takes his place in front of the orchestra. He raises his…
Cayman Islands Cancer Society donates breast biopsy machine to HSA
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society (CICS) recently donated a CUROS Vacuum Assisted Biopsy machine (CVAB) to the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA). In 2006, the CICS raised funds to form the Cancer Care Fund, which ultimately brought the first…
How to make your iPhone’s battery last longer
By Lisa Eadicicco From Business Insider Have you ever wondered why your iPhone’s battery is already at 20% even though you just charged it this morning? To say we use our smartphones for everything wouldn’t be an exaggeration. From listening…
The real story of Pocahontas is much darker than the Disney movie
By CHRISTINA STERBENZ From Business Insider In 1995, Disney introduced children everywhere to a Native American princess married 400 years ago today — Pocahontas. The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan, saves English adventurer John Smith…
Miss Cayman Islands ladies on cancer education tour
Miss Cayman Islands contestants Anika Conolly and Kamala Murugesu assisted the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens (LCTG) last Thursday, 2 October, at the first of a series of breast cancer awareness district meetings. Over 100 West Bay ladies of all…
Cayman Islands funerals
Hubert L Bodden – 3 Sep 2014 Garden of Eden Solomon David Webster 5 Sep 1989 – 7 Sep 2014 North West Point Carlyle Burton McLaughlin 5 Oct 1923 – 11 Sep 2014 North…
WISTA Cayman Islands officially launched
From WISTA George Town, CAYMAN ISLANDS: Global organisation Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) now has a Cayman chapter through the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association Cayman Islands Limited (WISTA Cayman Islands). At a recent shipping conference, Dorisley…
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: solar hourglass, urban tornadoes and the world’s tallest garden
From engadget Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. Japan is the birthplace of high-speed rail, and it continues to be a…
For Guyana, energy plus efficiency equals common sense development
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, IPS – Guyana is shaping up to set a gold standard for the Caribbean in implementing a national energy efficiency strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.”Energy efficiency is the main…
Commentary: Haiti’s national carnival in Gonaives
By Jean H Charles from Caribbean News Now Some ten years ago on September 18, 2004, the city of Gonaives was under siege after tropical storm Jeanne unleashed a deluge of biblical proportion depositing in the region enough water to…
